Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad

2.2.2

Then the seven imperishable ones approach him. There are the red lines in the eye, and by them Ru...

2.2.3

On this there is this Sloka: `There is a cup having its mouth below and its bottom above. Manifol...

2.2.4

These two (the two ears) are the Rishis Gautama and Bharadvaga; the right Gautama, the left Bhara...

2.3.1

There are two forms of Brahman, the material and the immaterial, the mortal and the immortal, the...

2.3.2

Everything except air and sky is material, is mortal, is solid, is definite. The essence of that ...

2.3.3

But air and sky are immaterial, are immortal, are fluid, are indefinite. The essence of that whic...

2.3.4

Now with regard to the body. Everything except the breath and the ether within the body is materi...

2.3.5

But breath and the ether within the body are immaterial, are immortal, are fluid, are indefinite....

2.3.6

And what is the appearance of that person? Like a saffron-coloured raiment, like white wool, like...

2.4.1

Now when Yagnavalkya was going to enter upon another state, he said: `Maitreyi, verily I am going...

2.4.2

Maitreyi said: `My Lord, if this whole earth, full of wealth, belonged to me, tell me, should I b...

2.4.3

And Maitreyi said: `What should I do with that by which I do not become immortal? What my Lord kn...

2.4.4

Yagnavalkya replied: `Thou who art truly dear to me, thou speakest dear words. Come, sit down, I ...

2.4.5

And he said: `Verily, a husband is not dear, that you may love the husband; but that you may love...

2.4.6

`Whosoever looks for the Brahman-class elsewhere than in the Self, was abandoned by the Brahman-c...

2.4.7

`Now as the sounds of a drum, when beaten, cannot be seized externally (by themselves), but the s...

2.4.8

`And as the sounds of a conch-shell, when blown, cannot be seized externally (by themselves), but...

2.4.9

`And as the sounds of a lute, when played, cannot be seized externally (by themselves), but the s...

2.4.10

`As clouds of smoke proceed by themselves out of a lighted fire kindled with damp fuel, thus, ver...

2.4.11

`As all waters find their centre in the sea, all touches in the skin, all tastes in the tongue, a...

2.4.12

`As a lump of salt, when thrown into water, becomes dissolved into water, and could not be taken ...

2.4.13

Then Maitreyi said: `Here thou hast bewildered me, Sir, when thou sayest that having departed, th...

2.5.1

This earth is the honey (madhu, the effect) of all beings, and all beings are the honey (madhu, t...

2.5.2

This water is the honey of all beings, and all beings are the honey of this water. Likewise this ...

2.5.3

This fire is the honey of all beings, and all beings are the honey of this fire. Likewise this br...

2.5.4

This air is the honey of all beings, and all beings are the honey of this air. Likewise this brig...

2.5.5

This sun is the honey of all beings, and all beings are the honey of this sun. Likewise this brig...

2.5.6

This space (disah, the quarters) is the honey of all beings, and all beings are the honey of this...

2.5.7

This moon is the honey of all beings, and all beings are the honey of this moon. Likewise this br...

2.5.8

This lightning is the honey of all beings, and all beings are the honey of this lightning. Likewi...

2.5.9

This thunder is the honey of all beings, and all beings are the honey of this thunder. Likewise t...

2.5.10

This ether is the honey of all beings, and all beings are the honey of this ether. Likewise this ...

2.5.11

This law (dharmah) is the honey of all beings, and all beings are the honey of this law. Likewise...

2.5.12

This true (satyam) is the honey of all beings, and all beings are the honey of this true. Likewis...

2.5.13

This mankind is the honey of all beings, and all beings are the honey of this mankind. Likewise t...

2.5.14

This Self is the honey of all beings, and all beings are the honey of this Self. Likewise this br...

2.5.15

And verily this Self is the lord of all beings, the king of all beings. And as all spokes are con...

2.5.16

Verily Dadhyak Atharvana proclaimed this honey (the madhu-vidya) to the two Asvins, and a Rishi, ...

2.5.17

Verily Dadhyak Atharvana proclaimed this honey to the two Asvins, and a Rishi, seeing this, said ...

2.5.18

Verily Dadhyak Atharvana proclaimed this honey to the two Asvins, and a Rishi, seeing this, said:...

2.5.19

Verily Dadhyak Atharvana proclaimed this honey to the two Asvins, and a Rishi, seeing this, said ...

2.6.1

Now follows the stem: 1. Pautimashya from Gaupavana, 2. Gaupavana from Pautimashya, 3. Pautimashy...

2.6.2

from Agnivesya, 9. Agnivesya from Sandilya and Anabhimlata, 10. Sandilya and Anabhimlata from Ana...

2.6.3

from Ghritakausika, 22. Ghritakausika from Parasaryayana, 23. Parasaryayana from Parasarya, 24. P...

3.1.1

Ganaka Vaideha (the king of the Videhas) sacrificed with a sacrifice at which many presents were ...

3.1.2

And Ganaka spoke to them: `Ye venerable drive away these cows.' to his pupil: `Drive them away, m...

3.1.3

`Yagnavalkya,' he said, `everything here (connected with the sacrifice) is reached by death, ever...

3.1.4

`Yagnavalkya,' he said, `everything here is reached by day and night, everything is overcome by d...

3.1.5

`Yagnavalkya,' he said, `everything here is reached by the waxing and waning of the moon, everyth...

3.1.6

`Yagnavalkya,' he said, `this sky is, as it were, without an ascent (staircase.) By what approach...

3.1.7

`Yagnavalkya,' he said, `how many Rik verses will the Hotri priest employ to-day at this sacrific...

3.1.8

`Yagnavalkya,' he said, `how many oblations (ahuti) will the Adhvaryu priest employ to-day at thi...

3.1.9

`Yagnavalkya,' he said, `with how many deities does the Brahman priest on the right protect to-da...

3.1.10

`Yagnavalkya,' he said, `how many Stotriya hymns will the Udgatri priest employ to-day at this sa...

3.2.1

Then Garatkarava Artabhaga asked. `Yagnavalkya,' he said, `how many Grahas are there, and how man...

3.2.2

`Prana (breath) is one Graha, and that is seized by Apana (down-breathing) as the Atigraha, for o...

3.2.3

`Speech (vak) is one Graha, and that is seized by name (naman) as the Atigraha, for with speech o...

3.2.4

`The tongue is one Graha, and that is seized by taste as the Atigraha, for with the tongue one pe...

3.2.5

`The eye is one Graha, and that is seized by form as the Atigraha, for with the eye one sees forms.'

3.2.6

`The ear is one Graha, and that is seized by sound as the Atigraha, for with the ear one hears so...

3.2.7

`The mind is one Graha, and that is seized by desire as the Atigraha, for with the mind one desir...

3.2.8

`The arms are one Graha, and these are seized by work as the Atigraha, for with the arms one work...

3.2.9

`The skin is one Graha, and that is seized by touch as the Atigraha, for with the skin one percei...

3.2.10

`Yagnavalkya,' he said, `everything is the food of death. What then is the deity to whom death is...

3.2.11

`Yagnavalkya,' he said, `when such a person (a sage) dies, do the vital breaths (pranas) move out...

3.2.12

`Yagnavalkya,' he said, `when such a man dies, what does not leave him?' `The name,' he replied; ...

3.2.13

`Yagnavalkya,' he said, `when the speech of this dead person enters into the fire, breath into th...

3.3.1

Then Bhugyu Lahyayani asked. `Yagnavalkya,' he said, `we wandered about as students, and came to ...

3.3.2

Yagnavalkya said: `He said to thee, I suppose, that they went where those go who have performed a...

3.4.1

Then Ushasta Kakrayana asked. `Yagnavalkya,' he said, `tell me the Brahman which is visible, not ...

3.4.2

Ushasta Kakrayana said: `As one might say, this is a cow, this is a horse, thus has this been exp...

3.5.1

Then Kahola Kaushitakeya asked. `Yagnavalkya,' he said, `tell me the Brahman which is visible, no...

3.6.1

Then Gargi Vakaknavi asked. `Yagnavalkya,' she said, `everything here is woven, like warp and woo...

3.7.1

Then Uddalaka Aruni asked. `Yagnavalkya,' he said, `we dwelt among the Madras in the houses of Pa...

3.7.2

Yagnavalkya said: `Vayu (air) is that thread, O Gautama. By air, as by a thread, O Gautama, this ...

3.7.3

Yagnavalkya said: `He who dwells in the earth, and within the earth, whom the earth does not know...

3.7.4

`He who dwells in the water, and within the water, whom the water does not know, whose body the w...

3.7.5

`He who dwells in the fire, and within the fire, whom the fire does not know, whose body the fire...

3.7.6

`He who dwells in the sky, and within the sky, whom the sky does not know, whose body the sky is,...

3.7.7

`He who dwells in the air (vayu), and within the air, whom the air does not know, whose body the ...

3.7.8

`He who dwells in the heaven (dyu), and within the heaven, whom the heaven does not know, whose b...

3.7.9

`He who dwells in the sun (aditya), and within the sun, whom the sun does not know, whose body th...

3.7.10

`He who dwells in the space (disah), and within the space, whom the space does not know, whose bo...

3.7.11

`He who dwells in the moon and stars (kandratarakam), and within the moon and stars, whom the moo...

3.7.12

`He who dwells in the ether (akasa), and within the ether, whom the ether does not know, whose bo...

3.7.13

`He who dwells in the darkness (tamas), and within the darkness, whom the darkness does not know,...

3.7.14

`He who dwells in the light (tegas), and within the light, whom the light does not know, whose bo...

3.7.15

Yagnavalkya said; `He who dwells in all beings, and within all beings, whom all beings do not kno...

3.7.16

`He who dwells in the breath (prana), and within the breath, whom the breath does not know, whose...

3.7.17

`He who dwells in the tongue (vak), and within the tongue, whom the tongue does not know, whose b...

3.7.18

`He who dwells in the eye, and within the eye, whom the eye does not know, whose body the eye is,...

3.7.19

`He who dwells in the ear, and within the ear, whom the ear does not know, whose body the ear is,...

3.7.20

`He who dwells in the mind, and within the mind, whom the mind does not know, whose body the mind...

3.7.21

`He who dwells in the skin, and within the skin, whom the skin does not know, whose body the skin...

3.7.22

`He who dwells in knowledge, and within knowledge, whom knowledge does not know, whose body knowl...

3.7.23

`He who dwells in the seed, and within the seed, whom the seed does not know, whose body the seed...

3.8.2

She said: `O Yagnavalkya, as the son of a warrior from the Kasis or Videhas might string his loos...

3.8.3

She said: `O Yagnavalkya, that of which they say that it is above the heavens, beneath the earth,...

3.8.4

Yagnavalkya said: `That of which they say that it is above the heavens, beneath the earth, embrac...

3.8.5

She said: `I bow to thee, O Yagnavalkya, who hast solved me that question. Get thee ready for the...